Letter from the Holy See to the Congrégation de Notre-Dame written by A. Hutt, Capitular Vicar of the Hakodate Diocese and A. Giardini, Apostolic Delegate to Japan
Beginning in 1927, the Congrégation de Notre-Dame received several requests to establish a mission in Japan. In 1932, it was decided: the first five missionaries were sent to Fukushima.